'Senator Sullivan' back on the ballot, awaits Supreme Court ruling Tuesday

The incumbent mishandled this matter by portraying himself as a hapless victim and giving “Senator Sullivan” of Petersburg free worldwide publicity and the foundation for a political campaign.

The “Senator Sullivan” campaign can be based on everything the other Sen. Sullivan is afraid to talk about—the $1.776 billion slush fund, the free jet, the Iran war, the reflecting pool, the endless Trump corruption and more.

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Alaskans need to hear from at least one Dan Sullivan about the loss to Iran

When Petersburg Dan Sullivan is returned to the election ballot for the U.S. Senate election, as he will be, Alaskans will have one Dan Sullivan with the ability to make public comments about the debacle in Iran, voter suppression, fuel prices and the rest.

Right now we don’t have that.

We only have federal employee Amanda Coyne, ordered by Sullivan to recycle tired talking points in place of Ohio Sen. Dan Sullivan.

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Josh Church and the sandbag saga

Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, a Republican candidate for governor, picked Josh Church of Fairbanks as his running mate.

Church, who is the brother of Seth Church, a Fairbanks contractor and member of the UA Board of Regents, did not like my blog post about his reaction to his stolen sandbags. ave Bronson, a Republican candidate for governor, picks Josh Church as his running mate.

Church, who is the brother of Seth Church, a Fairbanks contractor and member of the UA Board of Regents, did not like my blog post about his reaction to his stolen sandbags.

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Church sandbags the public

Fairbanksan Josh Church, a right-wing candidate chosen by Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson as a running mate, is making wild and unsubstantiated claims about “liberals” damaging Bronson/Church campaign signs.

And it’s not just liberal boogeymen in Fairbanks who are the problem. The menacing marauders have been trained by teachers in public schools to disrespect private property, envy people with wealth and lash out at those who don’t agree with them, according to the light guv hopeful.

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Legislative leader parrots oil company talking points

Anchorage Rep. Chuck Kopp, the House majority leader, could have been speaking for the oil companies Saturday when he argued for keeping the Hilcorp loophole intact and rejecting the Senate version of the gas line bill.

The Hilcorp loophole will become the Glenfarne loophole, exempting many companies from paying the graduated income tax that applies to oil and gas companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips.

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Glenfarne, AGDC seek to stiff Fairbanks on spur line tariff

Something important happened this week on the gas pipeline.

The “Build the Line!” cheerleaders in Fairbanks and elsewhere parroting Glenfarne propaganda without examining any details didn’t notice.

The sloganeers were so busy getting angry at legislators they didn’t object when Glenfarne asked for a “technical amendment” that would make the Fairbanks spur line more expensive for Alaska customers of the gas pipeline.

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